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Investigation on Limits and Opportunities of Rural Social Innovation in the Belluno Dolomites

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Since 2015, an increasing number of scholars associate rural development to social innovation. This paper presents the results of a participatory action-research carried out in the province of Belluno, involving various key local actors in the design of endogenous development strategies based on social and economic innovation.

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Acknowledgements

This research was made possible thanks to the European project “+Resilient”, the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso and Belluno and Ecipa scarl.

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  1. Malcanton Marcorà, Ca’ Foscari University, Dorsoduro 3484/D, 30123, Venice, Italy

    Maurizio Busacca

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  1. Dipartimento PAU, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

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  2. Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabr, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Lucia Della Spina

  3. University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    María José Piñeira Mantiñán

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Busacca, M. (2022). Investigation on Limits and Opportunities of Rural Social Innovation in the Belluno Dolomites. In: Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L., Piñeira Mantiñán, M.J. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 482. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06825-6_42

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